Wedding Photojournalism What is It?

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What is wedding photojournalism?

Well, photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, and in some cases to video used in broadcast journalism.

The term wedding photojournalism was coined a few years back by Denis Reggie, a wedding photographer who started photographing his clients in a more hands-off style. He started giving seminars and the term took off.

Essentially, it is the style of photographing a wedding in the, “fly on the wall, “ observer style. Photojournalists are sworn to never manipulate a scene. They are beholden to only record what happens at a given event without influencing it, or as little as humanely possible. To manipulate is to lose one’s job and be branded and blackballed from the industry.

A photojournalist is trained to watch and capture an image that conveys the story of an event, “the decisive moment,” the point in time that sums up the event with one emotion-packed photograph. The problem is most brides would like more than one photo of their wedding day.

Now most brides are not models and just want incredible photos from their weddings. Unfortunately, most wedding photographers are not trained as photojournalists. They might shoot some candid images and brand themselves as wedding photojournalists.
So, wedding photojournalism should really be a combination of capturing moments without intruding, along with subtle prompting to ensure great photography from brides and grooms that are not accustomed to being photographed.


After 20 years in the newspaper industry and being published in most of the major daily newspapers in the nation, including the cover of Newsweek, Michael is an experienced photojournalist. Trained for years, to capture the decisive moment from events that ranged from a 100 year-olds birthday party to making images in the midst of a raging inferno. Michael has honed the skill of real world photojournalism. Combine that experience with years of documenting weddings, and you have the best of both worlds.

You receive photographs that document your entire event and capture the essence of the day. Those moments that define your memories of the most special day of your life and experience that collaborates with you to achieve those images.



In the end, it makes sense to reserve a photographer that is the real deal, photojournalist and wedding professional.

Please visit my website @ www.michaelkitada.com

Cheers,

Michael